Ex-Hiroshima mayor receives peace award in Nepal

LUMBINI, Nepal - Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav (L) hands the inaugural Gautam Buddha International Peace Award to former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba during a ceremony in Lumbini, Buddha's birthplace in southern Nepal, on May 17, 2011. Akiba received the award together with Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue in recognition of the role they played as leaders of the global Mayors for Peace movement. The two cities were devastated by atomic bombs during World War II. (Kyodo)

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